Upadrasta Ramamurty
# Upadrasta Ramamurty

Upadrasta Ramamurty (born 1967) is an Indian engineering scientist. He holds a position as a professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science.

## Background

He has a Ph.D. (1994) from Brown University, a master's degree in engineering (1991) from the Indian Institute of Science, and a bachelor's degree in engineering (1989) from Andhra University.

## Awards

He was awarded in 2011 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the engineering category. In 2015, he was awarded the TWAS Prize in the engineering category for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of deformation, fatigue and fracture in several classes of new materials.

